In Le Puy, France for the start of our walk to Conques: The next day we had a lot to do. Waking early we left the hotel in the dark to attend the 7.00 am service which would include a pilgrims’ blessing. I felt a sense of adventure as we walked up Mount Corneille and into the centre of old Le Puy looking for the Cathedral of Notre Dame. Walking along the dark streets with occasional lights illuminating cobble-stoned streets and the windows of closed shops we eventually found an entrance into … [Read more...]
Notre Dame – The Finest of French Gothic Architecture
May 18, 2010 by
Notre Dame de Paris is the Official chair, of the Archbishop of Paris: Notre Dame Cathedral was commissioned by the Bishop Maurice de Sully in 1160 when he was elected Bishop of Paris. With the strong economic and population growth in Paris and the choice of Paris as the capital of France, Bishop de Sully decided that Paris needed to have a cathedral like no other. Although the existing church, St. Etienne, was quite large for a construction of the 6th century (five ships wide), it was … [Read more...]
